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Opinion
John Nelson: Why Spinal Epidural Abcess Poses A Particular Liability Risk for Hospitalists
February 2, 2013
The delayed diagnosis of, or treatment for, a spinal epidural abcess (SEA) could easily result in a malpractice lawsuit for hospitalists
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Opinion
John Nelson, MD: A New Hospitalist
January 1, 2013
How the hospital medicine practice has changed greatly over the past three decades
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Opinion
John Nelson: Peformance Key to Federal Value-Based Payment Modifier Plan
December 2, 2012
What the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' new pay-for-performance program means to hospitalists
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Opinion
John Nelson: Learning CPT Coding and Documentation Tricky for Hospitalists
November 2, 2012
Tips to keep physician CPT coding straight
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Opinion
John Nelson: Post-Discharge Calls
August 29, 2012
Follow-up contact is the most potent patient-satisfaction tool
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Opinion
John Nelson: Admit Resolution
July 31, 2012
Service agreements, when adhered to, help solve admission disagreements.
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News
John Nelson: Conflict Resolution
July 3, 2012
Solutions for physician disagreements over patient admissions
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John Nelson: Recognition, Promotion, Development Critical to Group Success
May 25, 2012
Well-designed forms of nonmonetary compensation can have a greater impact on a hospitalist than providing a reward in dollars.
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John Nelson: Your Hospital Should Use Scripts to Describe Hospitalists to Patients
April 26, 2012
Ideally, all communication about the hospitalist as an individual and the whole system of hospitalist care should help reassure the patient. Sadly, many people at the hospital unwittingly do the opposite.
News
HM12 Pre-course Analysis: How to Improve Performance in CMS Valued Based Purchasing Program
April 3, 2012
Four key takeaways hospitalists need to be thinking about
